Best Final Jeopardy Answer Ever

It came during last night’s episode of the show’s ongoing Teen Tournament:

UPDATE (James Joyner): Deadspin’s Barry Petchesky, himself a former Jeopardy! contestant, points out, “Leonard Cooper, Jeopardy Folk Hero, Still Could Have Lost When He Wrote ‘I Just Won $75,000.'”

As it turns out, Nilai wagered $7,000, and Leonard nothing. Had Nilai gotten the answer correct, he would have had $19,000 (Day 1) and $21,400 (Day 2), for a total of $40,400. That’s $400 more than Leonard ended up with ($3,000 and $37,000 for a total of $40,000). Had Nilai bet more, he could have won by thousands.

When Leonard wrote down his wonderful answer, he had no idea Nilai was going to get it wrong. Nilai blanked, but Leonard was a hair’s breadth from finishing second—smartass answer or no.

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@jpmeyer: I don’t get why “sir robin of loxley” is the best answer. Isn’t it even correct at all in the first place. It’s either Robin Hood or Sir Robert of Loxley but not both. The best moment on Jeopardy, however, is from SNL where “Sean Connery” intentionally asked Alex for “the penis mightier” category instead of “the pen is mightier”.

@thanh nguyen: …then Leonard wasn’t right about that part either. The category was military men, the answer was some quote said by the military mant ( I don’t remember it right now). The right question who, Who is Eisenhower?

That is what I thought ‘the Q’ was probably looking for. I didn’t give a second thought as to the accuracy of Leonard’s comment.